'Total incinerated destruction': Canada wildfire evacuees wonder if they still have homes
'Total incinerated destruction': Canada wildfire evacuees wonder if they still have homesImage source, Terry Fries/Handout via ReutersImage caption, The Bald Range Fire started on Friday in British Columbia's Okanagan region and quickly grew over the weekend, forcing thousands to evacuate. ByNadine Yousif, Senior Canada reporter and Brandon Drenon, BBC NewsPublished4 minutes agoEarl Kurz and his wife have lived in Peachland, a town overlooking Okanagan Lake in Canada's British Columbia, for 30 years. "The hot spots are just barren areas of nothing except 12 inches of ash."Officials in British Columbia are still trying to determine how many homes were lost to the fire, which remains out of control as of Monday.
- ▪'Total incinerated destruction': Canada wildfire evacuees wonder if they still have homesImage source, Terry Fries/Handout via ReutersImage caption, The Bald Range Fire started on Friday in British Columbia's Okanagan region and quickly gre
- ▪ByNadine Yousif, Senior Canada reporter and Brandon Drenon, BBC NewsPublished4 minutes agoEarl Kurz and his wife have lived in Peachland, a town overlooking Okanagan Lake in Canada's British Columbia, for 30 years.
- ▪"The hot spots are just barren areas of nothing except 12 inches of ash."Officials in British Columbia are still trying to determine how many homes were lost to the fire, which remains out of control as of Monday.
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'Total incinerated destruction': Canada wildfire evacuees wonder if they still have homesImage source, Terry Fries/Handout via ReutersImage caption, The Bald Range Fire started on Friday in British Columbia's Okanagan region and quickly grew over the weekend, forcing thousands to evacuate. ByNadine Yousif, Senior Canada reporter and Brandon Drenon, BBC NewsPublished4 minutes agoEarl Kurz and his wife have lived in Peachland, a town overlooking Okanagan Lake in Canada's British Columbia, for 30 years.
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